Fly-trap.



F. M. HUMPHREY.

FLY TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28. 1909.

Patented May 31, 1910.

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F. M. HUMPHREY.

FLY TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28. 1909 959,747. Patentd May 31, 1910.

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FLY-T RAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3 tam.

Application fttcd August 28. 1909. Serial No. 515,096.

To 1:]! whom it may concern:

Be it known that l FRANCIS M. llt'ni'ntu-zv. a eitizen ot' the. UnitedStates. residin; at l'endletoln in the eonnty of ll-matilla and State ofOregon, have invented eertain new and nsetul ltnprtjwements inFly-'lraps, of \\'llltll the following is a speettieat'ion, referent-eheing had to the :teeoi'npanving d awings.

This invention relates to,improvements in inset-t traps. and morepartienhn'l one espeeially adapted for ea ehing. ltntt: -t? tlies.

l'he ohjeet of the invention to simplitv and improve a eonstruetionof'this elurzteter and therehy render them less expensive and moreeomenient and etl'eetive in use.

'ith the ahove and other oi eets in view the invention eonsists of thenovel. construetion, eomhination and arrangement of narts. hereinaftert'ull v descrihed and elt'in'ethatnl illustrated in the aeeontpanying,drawings in whieh- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tl vtrap. Fig. 2 is a vertieal ('t'tbin' seetioual view. Figs. 3 and 4 aredetail seetional views talien respectively on the plane itulieated hythe lines ;t-3 and 4% in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a perspeetive view ot'one ot'the sparing elips for the woven wire sheets forming a trap inlet andFig. (i is'a detail seetion showing the manner in whieh the pi\ot of thehinged doors are. reint'oreed.

The invention eompri esa hod flhaviug a lnt e or lmttoltl 1, two uprightend walls 2. and a conueeting top 3. whieh latter may he provided with ahandle -l. 'llnfopeu rear t'aee of the hotly is tint and eon-red with a'l oraminou. plate. or sheet 5 pectoral-l in the form ot woven wire. IThe frontv upright edges of the end walls 2 are int-lined I l|)-- wardlyand rear\vardl and tothent are Htttll'ttl upper and lower stationatwfront seetions t, T. The spat-e hetweeu these front st'etions oi: stripsis adanted to lie t'los d h) a dowmvardly swinging front door S, hingedatits lower ends as indicated at 9 to metal straps It seeured on theendr; of the set-lions 7. 'lnrn buttons 11 or similarv tastenings may heemployed for retaining tl e door 5 in closed position. Thelower'open.part of the front of the hod v is adapted to he elosed h anupwardly SWltlgltlg trap door 12, the npper corners of which are pivotedat 13 to the metal straps 10. The bottom edge of the door 12 is adaptedto be supported a slight distance trom the front edge of the stationdoor.12 um) he thus supported and also for the purpose. of var) ing the areaof the inl t hv providing on its nds guard plates 33 which overlap theend walls 2, and one of which has struck outwardly from its inner edge aprojeetion orlug 16 adapted to he. engaged by one 01 the teeth of aratchet member 17. The latter is in the-form of a strip of'nietalhaving; one. end pivoted at 1S on a e of the end walls 2. and its otherand hem to form a finger pieee as slown. 3;- providing a ntnnher ot'ratt-het teeth on the .iolding strip or ntemher l? the door 12 may hesupported in any of several adjustel psitions for the purpose of varyingthe rim.- of the inlet of the hotly. The spar-e within the body isdivided into a trait mmpartinent or ehau'ther 1! and a trap. eompartnwnter ehaniher )0, said ehamhers or cont n'trtntents being formed h vproviding between the end walls 3 an upwardly and rearwardly inelinedpar ition 31 whieh is se ureilto eteat 22 on the inner faces of saidnails.

At. the'h: .t:0n1 of the partition hoard a trough-like receptacle $213for suitable l "*l is nit. and seem-ed to and projecting): tipwardtyfrom thetnpper portion oi said partit on hoard "is a strip or sheet ofwoven wire t'ahric '24-. The latter opptwed by a similar curved strip orsheet, 25, the. tower edge of which is seeured to a rib or clean 26 onthe inner i'aee of the bottom portion of the front section '4' and theends oi hielt nto seemed to curved cleats 2? upon the inner faces of theendwalls The upper edges of the two woven u ire strips or sheets 2-1, 25are spat-ml apart to provide a contracted inlet for the trap orretaining compartment 230,

sueh upper edges being Spaced apart by soaring menthers "B. eamt ofwhieh is torment fr m a strip of metal bent. upon itself adjaeent itseenter and having such hunt portion arranged bet ween the sheets 24'. i,and then hy heading the. ends of said strips outwardly upon tltentsehesso that. they engage the edges of the. sheets; 21, as el ariy shown inthe drawings. I

'..he flies ma he removed from the retaining eontpartment 20 through ahottom door 29, arranged between two spaced sections of the bottom 1.This door 2:) is hinged to swing downwardly by providing at its oppositeends pivots 30 in whieh are arranged meta-l straps 31 secured to theends of one of the bottom sections. The other bottom :etion and the freelongitudinal edge of the door 29 are formed at their ends with opposinglongitudinal grooves 32, which latter are adapted to receive removablelocking slides 3 The latter are in the form of straight;

nietal strips having their outer ends bent to I forin linger pieces orloops so that they may f be readily inserted or removed from the groovesThe pivots 9, 13 and 30 of the several doors or closures of the deviceare preferably in the form of nails driven into the pieces of woodforming such doors, and in order to prevent the wood from splitting whenthe pivot nails are driven into them U-shaped reinforcing members 3 tare employed. These reinforcing members are in the form of strips ofmetal bent into the proper shape and driven into the end edges of thedoors as will be readily understood on reference to Fig. (3. It willbe'noted that they receive the pivot nail and efi'ectively prevent thelatter from splitting the wood.

In operation, when the parts of the trap are arranged as shown in Fig.3, flies will be attracted to the inlet opening 14 by the bait in thepan or trough E23 and the light which enters through said openin". Afterentering the bait compartment 1'.) they pass upwardly between the wovenwire plates 24, 25 and then into the compartment or chamber 21), fromwhich they can not escape.

llaving thus described the invention what I claim is:

1. tra of the ClHllllL'tI'l' described comprising a l in the bodydividing it into a bait chamber and a retaining chamber, said partitionsf having woven wire sheets spaced apart along one edge to permit tilesand insects to pass 2 from the bait compartment to the rctainingcompartment, and clips arranged be- Lween said edges of the sheets tospace them apart, said clips lNlHf" C()ll:-llll('l(tl of metal stripsbent into U-lorin and inserted between the woven wire sheets, and theends of the strips being bent outwardly in opposite directions aroundthe edges of said 1 sheets.

:2. trap of lllt' character described eoinprising a body having an inletand an open side covered with l'oraininous llltllt'lltll tlll adiu-tabledoor to vary the size of said iiilot, and partitions in said body todivide iody having an inlet, rpartitions I it into a bait chamber and aretaining chainber, said partitions having spaced woven wire sheets topermit insects to pass from I the bait chamber to the retaining chamber.3. A trap of the character described coinprising a bodyhaving an openside covered with foraniinous material, and an inlet upon the bottom ofits other side, an adjustable door to vary the size of said inlet,partitions in the bottom portion of the body to divide 'it into a baitehaiubcr and a retaining chamher, said partitions having spaced wovenwire sheets, and a bait supporting means in said bait chamber.

4. A trap of the character described, comprising a body having spacedbutton sections, upright end walls, a corinctting top and spaced front-Nt'llUIlS, a woven wire sheet covering the open front of the body, ahinged bottoiii door between the spaced bottoni sections. a fasteningfor said bottom door, an upper front door between said front sections, alower front door hinged to swing toward and from the bottom to pro videan adjustable inlet, means for retaining said swinging front door inadjusted 5 position partitions in the lower portion of the body todivide it into a bait chamber and a retaining chamber, said partitionshaving spaced woven wire sheets and a bait-receiving trough on thebottom of the bait chamber.

5. trap of the character described coinprising a body having a retainingconipart- :iiient and a bait compartment, the latter coinniuni a'tingwith the retaining oonipartwent through a contracted opening and havingan inlet, said body having an opening coiniiinnicaling with one of saidonipartnients, a swinging door to close the opening in said body, thefree edge of said door being formed with a longitudinal groove, and onewall of said opening in the body being formed with a similar groove, thetwo grooves being adapted to register when the door is in closedposition, and a removable locking plate in the registering grooves.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my "signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

FRANCES M. [It] M llllt i i Y.

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